Combined fastener



' Sepf. 15, 1925. 1,553,912

L.. p.- QUIGLEY COMBINED FASTENER Filed Feb. 2. 1924 WQMM Patented m- 5, 1925. 1

I. UNITED STAT S PATENT oFFIcE.

LOuIsE n. QUIGLEY, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

COMBINED FASTENER.

Application filed February 2, 1924. Serial N'o. 690,213.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUISE D. QUIeLnY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in combined fasteners and has more particular reference to a pin fastener particularly adapted for use in the hanging of curtains, the nature of the invention being such however, as to permit its use in the hanging of fancy clothlng upon a line or other support and for the maintaining of bed clothing in proper position upon the bed, for maintaining bags or sacks in an 0 en condition, etc.

An additional object o the invention resides in the provision of a fastener of the above character wherein the same may be manufactured and marketed at an extremely small cost, and wherein the same ma be effectively employed in the above set orth capacities.

Vith the foregoing and other objects in view as the natureo the invention will be better understood, the same comprises the novel form, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawing, and claimed.

In the drawing wherein there is shown the most practical embodiment of the invention with which I" am at this time familiar,

Figure 1 is an elevational view of one form of pin fastener constructed in accordance with the present invention,

Figures 2, 3 and 4 are similar views of modified forms of the invention, and

Figure 5 is an edge elevational view of the form of fastener shown in Figure 1.

First having reference to Figures 1 and 5, wherein there is shown a combined fastener specifically adapted to be emplo ed in the hanging of curtains uponcircu ar shaped curtain poles, 5 designates a conventional form of curtain pole ring that is as well known, rovided with an opening 6, adapted to be c osed by a spring controlled slide member 7 that may be retracted into the ring 5 for opening the space after which the ring 5 may be conveniently positioned upon a curtain pole.

Swivelly connected to this ring 5 as at 8,

which is at a point directly at one side of the opening 6 of the ring, is a relatively triangular shaped wire frame? composed of a single piece ofsteel wire the opposite endsof which are so bent as to provide pin fasteners 1010 which are as shown, in the form of safety pins and include the usual sheet metal guards 11-11. I r i 4 t 7 Each of these pin fasteners 10-10,is so formed as to provide a loop portion 12 at its lower end for obviously allowing room for the curtain to engage between the legs of the pin fastener, in the event that it becomes necessary to double the curtain material at its point of connection.

are swivelly connectedto the curtain pole ring 5 they may be moved to any desired position with respect to the curtain pole for allowing of the proper relationship between.

the curtain andits supporting pole.

In Figure 2 there is shown a combined fastener that is also particularly adapted for use in the'hanging of curtains andvin this instance, the same comprises a relatively triangular-shaped steel wire frame 9 that is formedat its top side intermediate its opposite ends with a loop portion so as to provide an eye 5 whereby said frame may be conveniently nailed or tacked to the window frame in the event that a curtain pole is not employed. This wire frame 9 is also formed at its opposite ends with pin fasteners 1010 similar in all respects to the pin fasteners 10--10 of the form of the invention shown in Figures 1 to 5.

In the form of the invention shown in t Figure 3, the relatively triangular shaped wire frame 9 is formed upon its top side and intermediate its ends with a hook 5 for allowing the article to be employed in conjunction with the well known form of curtain rings that include a ring member formed at its lower side with an eyelet. This wire frame 9 is also formed at its opposite ends with p'infas'teners 1010 also similar to the pin fastener 1010 in Figures I 1 and 5. I

In Figure 4 the still further modified form of 'theinvention embodies also a relatively triangular shaped .wire frame 9 that is formed upon its top side and intermediate shown. In this instance also, the opposite ends of the fr me v9" are formed With pin fasteners of the safety pin type 10"10".

It will thus be readily appreciated from the foregoing description when considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawing, that a. combined fastener of this general type may be employed for a great number of uses, and it Will be noted from a consideration of all of the figures that the pairs of pin fasteners are arranged vertically With respect to their support attaching fastener elements so as to allow of the proper fastening or hanging of the different articles.

Qther modifications may be provided without departing from the Sp rita-nd s p of the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is A support comprising a frame formed from Wire and having angularly bent parallel end portions, guards applied over the extremities of said end portions and spaced from the bends, and a Wire disposed across the frame and having an intermediate portion spaced from the intermediate portion of the frame, said Wire being twisted through the bends of the frame and having end loop portions, the extremities of which are adapted to engage under the guard.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

LOUISE D. QUIGLEY. 

